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UNITED STATES A'IENT OFFICE.

seam: LOUIS HEnoLn, or TERRYVILLE, CONNECTICUT, ASSIGNOR TO THE EAGLE LOOKCOMPANY, or SAME PLACE.

LABEL-HOLDER FOR MAIL-BAGS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent 0. 296,959, dated April .15, 1884.

Application filed March 1:2, 1884. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, FRANKLoUIs HEROLD,

of Terry'ville, in the'county of Litchtield and State of Connecticut, have invented a new and Improved Label-Holder for Mail-Pouches, of

which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

The object of myinvention is to provide a new and improved tag or label holder 'for holding tags on maitpouches, which holder is so constructed that thetag can be inserted or removed easily and rapidly without damaging the tag, and which tag is held in such a manner that it cannotslide or drop out of 1 the holder. I l

The invention consists in the combination, with, a strip having grooved flanges and a longitudinal slot, of a slide adapted to receive the tag and adapted to pass under the grooved flanges of the strip, thus holding the tag on the strip, as hereinafter fully described, and I pointed out in the claims.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, formingpart of this specification, in which similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in all the figures.

Figure 1 is a plan view of my improved tag or label holder, showing it opened and the tag placed at the side of the same. Fig. 2 is a lo gitudinal sectional elevation of the same on he line as at, Fig. 1'. Fig. 3 is a cross-see tional elevation of thesame on the line 3 y, Fi 2. r

K metal strip, A, has its sideedges turned up and bent over inwardlyfi'o form grooved flanges, B, for about one-half the length of thestrip. The said strip provided with a longitudinal slot, 0, the length of which is about equal to two-thirds of the length of the strip, and which slot begins at that end of the strip opposite the one at which the grooved flanges B begin. A slide, D, having its ends Dturncd up, rests upon the strip A, one upturned end being of such width that it can 5 pass in between the longitudinal edges of the grooved flanges B. A spring-washer, E, is

held between the slide D and the strip A, and

a pintle, F, passes from the under side of the slide Dthrough the washer E andthrough the holding the ,padlock on the bag or pouch is passed through the right-hand y Y slot 0, and on its lower end a button or head, G, is formed. The strip A. is providedat one end with'aii aperture, 'H, for receiving a staple to holg. the strip A on the mail-pouch. The slide .is provided at one end, with a curved-recess or notch, K, in each side edge, to facilitate grasping the tag J, resting on the slide. l

- The label is placed in the holder in the following manner: The slide D is withdrawn, as shown in Fig. 1, the tag J is placed ,on it, and thentheltag is pushed back, whereby the side edges of the tag arepassed under the in wa-rdly-projectihg edges of the flanges B, thus holding the tag. in the holder. The staplefor 5 end oftheslot 0, thus presenting the slide D and the tag from being withdrawn. The spring-Washer E presses the slide Dtoward the under, side of the projecting parts of the groovedfianges, thus press in 'g, theside edges of. the top of the label against the under side of theinw'ardlyprqjectingypafrts of the groov c'd fla gesj.

Having thus described my inventi u, I claim as new andide'sire to soon re byllettcr Patent- 1. In a tag or labelholder, the con bination, with the strip A having grooved hinges B, and a longitudinal slot, 0, of tl e slijde D and the pintle' F, .snbstantially as hex-Lin shown and described. 8o

2. In atag or labelholdcr, the combination, with the strip A, having grooved flanges B, and a longitudinal slot, 0, of the slide D, the pintle F, and the spring-washer E, substantially as herein shown and described.

3. In a tag or label holder, the conrbination, with the stripA, having grooved; flanges B, and a longitudinal slot, (3, ot'thefslidc I), having upturnedends D, substantiallygas herein shown and described.

4. In a tag or label holder, the .coui bination, with the strip A, of the slide D, having notches K in the side edges at one end, substantially asherein shownand described.

FRANK LOUIS HE tOLD.

Witnesses: 7

Jason C. Flinn, R. J. PLUMn. 

